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2015
Free Citizens’ Party – from Brussels to Prague?
KANIOK, PetrBasic information
Original name
Free Citizens’ Party – from Brussels to Prague?
Authors
KANIOK, Petr (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)
Edition
22nd International Conference of Europeanists, Paris July 8-10 2015, 2015
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Prezentace na konferencích
Field of Study
50601 Political science
Country of publisher
France
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14230/15:00080894
Organization unit
Faculty of Social Studies
Keywords (in Czech)
Party of Free Citizens - Euroscepticism - niche party - European Parliament
Keywords in English
Party of Free Citizens - Euroscepticism - niche party - European Parliament
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Změněno: 13/7/2015 10:56, prof. PhDr. Petr Kaniok, Ph.D.
Abstract
V originále
Although the political objectives of hard Eurosceptic parties are particularly related to the European integration, a presence in the European Parliament (EP) is not their final or solitary goal. Just in the contrary, to fulfil their main objective – usually the disbanding of the European Union (EU) – they need relevance at the national level as well. This condition is however hardly to achieve as it is difficult to get established on the national scene: success in elections to the EP frequently comes sooner and more easily. Thus, being represented at the EU level can create an opportunity to use this level of representation as a springboard to the national party scene. This article - based on the theory of roles – tries to reveal if (and how) such process may happen. It uses the case of the Free Citizens’ Party (in Czech, Strana Svobodných Občanů, Svobodní, SSO), a Czech party, to analyse what strategies a hard Eurosceptic party represented in the EP but not at the national level employees to lever the EP as a springboard to national relevance.
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